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Down On The Riverside: Scott Stringer Unloads On Extell’s Riverside Center Mega-Development
By David Roth on September 1, 2010 in LEED-ND, Manhattan, New York City, Upper West Side, Urban Planning, Zoning
Community Board 7 demanded more sustainability from Riverside Center, a mega-development on the UWS. Now Borough President Scott Stringer is doing the same.
Plans For Extell’s Riverside Center Receive Another Thumbs Down
It’s one thing for bloggers to demand sustainability. It’s another, entirely more awesome, thing when citizens do it. That’s what’s happening on the Upper West Side.
Making The Law, Making The Law: Suite of New Green Laws Curbs Bad Heating Oils, Boosts Recycling
We take a break from our New Domino fixation to note… some good news, actually, courtesy of the City Council.
Queens Is Not Keen On Green, Glassy Flushing Commons
The idea behind the LEED Silver-hopeful Flushing Commons development in Queens was to “revitalize” the borough. Instead, it’s united many residents in opposition.
Extell Feeling Heat On Upper West Side Mega-Development Riverside Center From… Upper West Siders
The sharpness of the elbows getting thrown at the Fairway olive bar are nothing compared to what Extell Development Company has faced during its attempt to sell Upper West Siders on Riverside Center, an ambitious 3 million-square-foot mega-development slated to stretch between 59th and 61st Streets and between West End Avenue and the West Side Highway.
